impatient
Syllables: im·pa·tient/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/
impatient adjective: restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
Adjective
impatient (comparative more impatient, superlative most impatient)
- Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
- She dances when she becomes impatient.
- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.1712 August 18 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, August 8, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 469; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...
- Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.
- For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […]1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Great Love of His Native Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […]...
- Not to be borne; unendurable.
- Dismayed with so defperate deadly wound,
And eke impatient of unwonted payne,
He lowdly bray'd with beastly yelling sownd1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Dismayed with so defperate deadly wound,
- Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
- impatient speeches or replies
- What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
impatient meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
impatient in Hindi
- restless and intolerant of delays
- आतुर ātur
- anxious and eager
- चंचल cañcal
impatient in Tamil
- பதற்றமான, மன அமைதியற்ற
impatient in Marathi
- impatient, hasty, impetuous
- अधीर adhīr
- impatient, eager, impetuous
- उतावीळ utāvīḷ
- impatient
- अक्षम akṣam
impatient in Urdu
- بےچین, بےصبر, بیتاب
More languagesFewer languages
- impatient in Bengali
- অধৈর্য odhōirjo
- impatient in Malayalam
- അക്ഷമ, ക്ഷമയില്ലാത്ത, ക്ഷമകേടുള്ള, അക്ഷമം
- impatient in Kannada
- ತಾಳ್ಮೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಸಿಡುಕಿನ, ಹಾತೊರೆಯುವ, ಕೊಸರಿಕೆಯ
- impatient in Gujarati
- ઉતાવળિયું utāvaḷiyũ
- impatient in Odia
- ପତଳା pataḷā
- impatient in Nepali
- अधीर
- impatient in Thai
- ใจร้อน jai-rɔ́ɔn, ร้อนรน rɔ́ɔn-ron
Examples of impatient in a sentence
- I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.
- She is impatient. She is mercurial. She is feisty. All that said, she is still lovable.
- Jason is headstrong and impatient—like father, like son.
Forms of impatient
| comparative | more impatient |
|---|---|
| superlative | most impatient |
| alternative form | inpatient |
Origin of impatient
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.
Words formed from impatient
Questions about impatient
- What does impatient mean?
- Impatient means restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
- What is impatient in Hindi?
- Impatient in Hindi is आतुर (ātur), चंचल (cañcal). See Impatient meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impatient?
- Impatient is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce impatient?
- Impatient is pronounced /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/.
Words near impatient in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impatient (page history and authors); impatient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अक्षम (Marathi) (page history and authors); impatient (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অধৈর্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); impatient (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); impatient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઉતાવળિયું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ପତଳା (Odia) (page history and authors); impatient (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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